ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1961 - SECT 86A
ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1961 - SECT 86A
86A—Parking where ticket required without payment of fee
(1) This section
applies to a driver who parks in a length of road, or in an area, to which a
permissive parking sign applies if—
(a)
information on or with the sign indicates that a ticket must be obtained
through the operation of a parking ticket-vending machine for parking in the
length of road or area; and
(b)
information on or with the sign or the machine indicates that the ticket may
be obtained without the payment of a fee.
(2) For the purposes
of subsection (1)—
(a) if a
sign displays the words "FREE PARKING" together with a requirement (however
expressed) for a ticket to be obtained—
(i)
the sign will be taken to be a permissive parking sign
for the purposes of the Australian Road Rules to which Part 20 of the
Rules applies; and
(ii)
the words will be taken to indicate that a ticket must be
obtained through the operation of a parking ticket-vending machine without
payment of a fee;
(b) if a
permissive parking sign displays the words "FREE TICKET" or such other words
as may be prescribed by regulation, the words will be taken to indicate that a
ticket must be obtained through the operation of a parking ticket-vending
machine without payment of a fee.
(3) A driver referred
to in subsection (1) must obtain a ticket from a parking ticket-vending
machine in or near the length of road or area.
Maximum penalty: $1 250.
(4) For the purposes
of this section, a driver referred to in subsection (1) does not obtain a
ticket from a parking ticket-vending machine unless the driver, on first
stopping the vehicle, promptly—
(a)
proceeds to a parking ticket-vending machine in or near the length of road or
area; and
(b)
obtains a ticket through the operation of the machine; and
(c)
complies with any instructions (as to dealing with the ticket or otherwise) on
or with the sign, ticket or machine.